You know I hadn't thought of that. She could have been exaggerating rather than making up the story. You know wishful thinking like we all do after the fact. Like somebody made fun of you then later on you think of the perfect response. Then you tell dh what happened only you end the story with "and then I said such and such and that shut her up. You should have seen the look on her face.". And he says "really?" and then you say "no, but I should have if I thought of it."
So maybe the kids did secretly bully her and since she didn't see it comming she didn't respond right away, didn't realize how angry she was, didn't tell the teacher. And she stewed over it because she thought it was too late to tell. And by the time she told you she adding in her wishful thinking, that she fought back, that she reacted in time, that she told the teacher and had them put in time out. That or she's got a chemistry test she forgot to study for and she's faking it to get out of class.
